Police are hunting a suspected shop lifter who knocked over a pensioner in Grimsby town centre, leaving her with hip and head injuries.

The incident happened at around 12.40pm today when the man collided with a 67-year-old woman on Victoria Street South near Marks and Spencer as he was reportedly fleeing a security guard.

The woman suffered minor injuries to her head and hip and was taken to hospital for checks.

A relative of the woman - who had undergone a hip operation in October - thanked members of the public for their help at the scene after reports on social media suggested it had taken an ambulance crew around two hours to reach the casualty.

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A spokesman for Humberside Police said: “If you have any information, please call 101 quoting log 189 of November 28.”

A spokeswoman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 12.39pm from Humberside Police requesting our assistance at an incident outside Marks and Spencer, Victoria Street, Grimsby to a patient who had fallen.

"We sent a double crewed ambulance and one patient was taken to Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital for further care.”